Friday, October 3, 2008

Using MediaTracker to help load images

When loading images over a network, a common problem which Java applets face is images not loading properly. On a fast network connection the image will load quickly, but over a slow modem or network connection, images take longer, or may not arrive at all. Users may be confused by blank images - particularly when a sequence of images are being displayed. One simple way to let your users know you're still loading is to use MediaTracker, which allows applets to detect when images are loaded.

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